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Celebrating Grandparents Day

5th October 2014 by Kinship Care NI

With over 14 million grandparents in the UK and a growing number of grandparents now raising their grandchildren, we held a Grandparents Day as a way of recognising the role grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren. Staff and volunteers were out and about across Northern Ireland handing out lots of goodies to grandparents […]

Filming with the Media Trust

29th August 2014 by Kinship Care NI

The Media Trust spent a day at our Kinship Care Support Service filming children, young people, volunteers and staff as part of ‘Brilliant Northern Ireland’. The day was a huge success and children had the opportunity to talk openly about their experiences growing up in kinship care.

Official Opening of Kinship Care Support Service

20th February 2014 by Kinship Care NI

We were delighted to officially open our new Kinship Care Support Service in Derry/L’Derry. The opening of the service for children and young people in kinship care was attended by the Mayor of Derry, Martin Reilly, the Head of Services at Western Trust, Pat Armstrong and numerous community representatives. The special ‘celebrity’ guest on the […]

How You Can Help Kinship care NI

There are many ways in which you can support us in our important wirk with kinship carers and children in kinship care. Here are just a few!

Stop By and Say Hello

Come and visit us. Meet our staff, volunteers and the children and families we support. We make the best cup of tea ever!

Make a Donation

Online – via our website (www.kinshipcareni.com), Paypal (insert web address) or BTMyDonate (insert web address) By Phone – call us to donate by credit/debit card. By Post – please send a cheque made payable to ‘Kinship Care NI Ltd’ to Kinship Care NI, 67 Carlisle Road, L’Derry, BT48 6JL.

Take on a Challenge

Sign up to do something that will stretch you to your limits. Be that a sporting challenge (like a marathon), a walking or biking challenge or something even more adventurous (a skydive?!). Ask your friends and family to sponsor you in aid of Kinship Care NI.

Hold a Fundraising Event

Organise a fundraising event, like a Coffee Morning or a BBQ and invite all your friends and family.

Leave a Legacy

By remembering Kinship Care NI in your Will, you will be leaving behind a legacy that will make a real difference to children and young people in kinship care. You can also specify how you would like your gift to be used.

Payroll Giving

Setting up a donation through your pay is simple. However you are paid - whether monthly, weekly or every four weeks – you can give to Kinship Care NI in a tax effective way through your pay. A donation to Kinship Care NI each pay day will enable us to deliver more programmes and activities to children and young people.

Become a Corporate Partner

Select Kinship Care NI as your Charity of the Year or hold one off events to help raise money towards our work.

Become a Friend of Kinship Care NI

Giving a few pounds to Kinship Care NI via direct debit is a great way to help. Even a small amount per month can make a huge difference to the lives of kinship carers and their families, by paying for essential support and helping us to plan our services knowing we have funds we can rely on.